In this solo commentary, the host reviews Andrew Yang’s appearance at the Asian American Pacific Islander Democratic Presidential Forum, emphasizing how race dominated the discussion. The speaker recounts Yang’s childhood experiences with racial slurs, clarifies Yang’s Taiwanese‑American identity versus a Chinese identity, and argues that America is ready for an Asian‑American president. The host critiques misconceptions about Taiwan‑China relations and notes how opponents mistakenly label Yang as “Chinese.” The video draws parallels to past racialized politics against Donald Trump and Barack Obama. The commentator then shifts to Yang’s policy points raised at the forum, especially the disproportionate impact of automation on minority workers and stark wealth‑gap statistics between white and Black households, warning that automation could erase Black family net worth. The host expresses skepticism toward poll numbers that show Yang trailing other candidates among AAPI voters, arguing that polls underestimate Yang’s youthful, active base and will not predict the actual election outcome. Finally, the video promotes the creator’s BitcoinMYK universal basic income cryptocurrency project, urging viewers to join and use it to meet basic needs, before closing with a call to like and subscribe.
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Welcome back to the channel. And today we want to talk about Andrew Yang's recent attendance of the Asian American Pacific Islander Democratic Presidential Forum. And this was a very interesting set of topics for Andrew. Of course, many of his major policies came up. But I thought it was interesting that during this event, race came up, and race doesn't always come up a lot usually when Andrew's out talking about policies. But we had heard some earlier stories about Andrew being bullied as a kid, you know, receiving racial slurs, you know, chink and a variety of things. And, uh, it seemed to me during this, um, forum that race seemed to stand out the most, I guess, to me personally, uh, watching this. I think I just kind of honed in on that because we've heard many of the other policies that Andrew has. And this was, uh, interesting hearing some of his personal experiences. Of course, this is him at the, um, at the event doing crowd surfing, having a great time, having fun. And maybe some of you probably saw that, um, uh, maybe some of you have saw that, um, that video up till now. But, uh, Andrew talked about, you know, of course the racial slurs, but got me thinking about, uh, is America ready for Asian American president? And I think that for the most part, the answer is yes, but I did want to go over a few things. So, you know, I think it's important and I think a lot of Yang Gang knows this and a lot of us know this, but Andrew Yang is Taiwanese American because I noticed during the forum they kept asking him, but what, what are you? And he kept saying, I'm from upstate New York. Because really what Andrew was saying is I'm an American. Right? Like, like we all are. But I think the host wanted him to say, well, I'm Taiwanese, uh, or I'm from this or that. And Andrew didn't do that. But, uh, there's a difference between Taiwan and mainland China, and some of us, uh, might know of this, that it's a very long history of independence within the independently governed Taiwan and China. Taiwan is also very much an ally to the United States. We're their major ally. And so there's a big difference there between a Taiwanese American and a Chinese a person of Chinese descent, right? You know, although they're essentially of the same race of people and group and in many ways shared a great degree of the same culture, except for some differences, I think maybe in the alphabets and languages and a variety of things. But the reality is Taiwan is not China. And so Andrew would be an Asian American president, but he wouldn't be, Cause I've heard this. And of course this comes from people who just don't understand the history of China and Taiwan. They don't understand who Andrew Yang is, but I've heard things like, well, you know, United States, I've heard, I've had people actually come in my threads, on my private threads and say things like, well, you know, with everything going on with China, you know, Americans aren't going to elect a Chinese person or Asian person or something like that. And I thought that showed a great, uh, you know, this, uh, a lack of knowledge in the, in the, um, in the ancestry of Andrew Yang and the history of Taiwan and China. Uh, but, uh, you know, uh, some jokes that came from the Andrew Yang campaign I thought was funny, that, uh, you know, they're looking at Donald Trump to like call him names like Comrade Yang and and a variety of things like that. Um, and so I like how they're kind of absorbing— they'll be absorbing that energy, uh, because, you know, basically Trump now has the crown of the racist president, right? Uh, he's, he's got that term from the media, and he's got that term from what has been, you know, shown to many to be, uh, at least if not outright, um, race, racist, or him being an outright racist, it has been greatly considered certainly racist behavior. And so in that way, you wonder what's gonna happen with him and Yang and how Donald Trump will try to paint that because yes, it could be that idea that Some Americans are seeing Andrew Yang as some type of problematic Asian person to the United States. It's kind of, I don't know, it kind of reminds me of going back to Barack Obama when they kind of fixed on his name of Barack Hussein Obama. Remember people were saying he was a Muslim and they have these kind of weird mental projections of what, what that's going to mean having a, a person of certain cultures at the helm. But at the end of the day, we're all Americans. Kind of keep it with the race topic because like I said, I kind of just want to focus on the race and the questions that were asked, uh, you know, at the Asian American Pacific Islander Forum. Uh, Andrew kind of moved on to minorities, affirmative action, uh, things like, uh, uh, um You know, problems within the Black community. You know, basically talking about how automation is going to affect certain communities more than others. And that is very true. If you really look at the data, Black people, minorities, but specifically Black people suffer a great disparity in assets per household, right? I think it was something, some crazy numbers, like the average white American household had about $140,000 net worth. And I think they said something, I can't remember the exact number, but it was well under like $20,000 for a Black African American family. But not only that, the numbers are more staggering as Andrew projects the data out, it says something like Black families' net worth will be zero. So, you know, I just found that very interesting. It just shows the seriousness too of if you fit in certain minority groups, it's going to be of a great deal more paramount, great deal more paramount that you support Yang and you vote for Yang. And if you're not doing that, and if you're not looking at the, um, clear and present threats and danger to groups during this campaign that you're gonna suffer the most and these groups are gonna suffer the most. And so definitely wanna avoid that, don't wanna be in a set of circumstances like that when many of the call center jobs are taken, many of the cashier jobs, the restaurant jobs, that we're seeing now happening with automation, yeah, a lot of the people who do those jobs are minority people, right? It's not rich, wealthy, or American white people doing these jobs, right? It's a lot of more so minorities that are in these jobs. And so yes, they're gonna take the blow the worst probably first. So it's even more necessary that, you know, we rise up and we support Andrew Yang to stop something like that from happening. But of course, Andrew Yang, some information came out that I think like Elizabeth Warren, I haven't saw what they were saying at the event yet, but like Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, they were saying that they got more support in the polls, the Asian American, Pacific Islanders gave them more support than Yang. And I found that interesting. I sometimes wonder about these polls because you just look at these polls with all the media, the internet online sensation Andrew Yang has become and all the people he's reached. You just have to wonder about these polls and I'm kind of starting not to pay them attention much anymore. Because if you really think about it, I see it this way. I think Andrew Yang, when it comes to the actual voting at the polls, I see Andrew's gonna come out and be a lot— there's gonna be a lot more people that actually come out to vote for Andrew Yang, a lot more participant active voters. I think a lot more younger people are going to actually, actually vote. Uh, and, uh, I don't think that that's going to happen with a lot of candidates. Also, these polls are taking a certain amount of people, right? Uh, and it's kind of giving you an idea. We need some data, that's true. But I, you know, but we've seen many times that these polls don't reflect what happens, uh, you know, you know, you know on vote come voting. And the thing is, um, I think that's what's going to happen with Andrew Yang. I don't think that, uh, those polls are going to really be as big of a factor as many of us think right now. Uh, and so I wouldn't get too— when I hear people talk about, oh, well, he's still only polling at an average of 2% or 3%, you know, stuff like that, I wouldn't pay a whole lot of attention to that. I, you know, I'm really drifting away from the polls now because, like I said, I think Andrew's gonna definitely be one of these candidates who's gonna, when it's vote time, his numbers are gonna look nothing like basically, you know, what's going on with the polls, right? So it's gonna be all very interesting to see it, but Andrew Yang is rising up, enjoying the ride, having fun as you can see. Uh, real quick, guys, our project BitcoinMYK, our own universal basic income project, uh, it's created for you all, uh, to give value. It's absolutely free to join. Uh, we're trying to raise the value of a cryptocurrency that will be able to give people, uh, the opportunity to exchange it in their local currency to go out and take care of their— some of their basic needs through the month. 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